• The riders will want to succeed Australian Jai Hindley, last year's winner.
  • Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick Step) and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) are the favourites this year.
  • The first stage starts on Saturday in Fossacesia, Abruzzo, while the finish, on May 28, will take place in Rome.

After the Classics and Monuments, it's time for the Grand Tours. This Saturday, the Giro d'Italia starts, with its route that announces many twists and turns.

Throughout the 3,489.2 kilometers covered on the roads of Italy, the runners will be able to vary the pleasures. Through the 51,400 meters of elevation gain, climbers will be able to showcase themselves. But the sprinters will not be without rest during this course that promises a lot.

Three individual time trials are warned. In total, this represents 70.6 kilometres, almost three times more than last year.

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick Step), who enjoy this exercise, are favourites for the final victory in this Corsa Rosa. Even if the Slovenian sees his preparation turned upside down due to many cases of Covid within his team and many packages.

Roglic finished 3rd in 2019 while Evenepoel is the winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège and world champion. During the Tour of Catalonia, a little over a month ago, their duel turned in favor of the Slovenian...

At what time and on which channel to watch the Giro d'Italia?

The Giro 2023 will be broadcast on Eurosport from 13.15pm on Saturday. The channel owns the rights and will allow you to vibrate live in front of each stage.

The route of the Giro d'Italia 2023


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The first stage includes an individual time trial (19.6 kilometers), by the sea.

Subsequently, two stages of sprinters will be proposed on the program, before taking the direction of the Apennines and Colle Molella (9.6 km at 6.2%).

The longest stage of the Giro will be the seventh and will stretch over 218 kilometers. Roccaraso, Gran Sasso d'Italia... are names that will hurt the runners' bodies. With some sections at 13%, the gaps are expected to widen multiple times.

At the end of the first week, a new individual time between Savignano sul Rubicone and Cesena is scheduled.

After a rest day, the cyclists will leave for three stages that should be "quiet" in terms of attacks of favorites.

On the other hand, in the Alps, three climbs of 208 kilometers could well wreak havoc... All this before approaching the Crans Montana and the Colle del Gran San Bernardo (2469 m), 34 kilometers long and the Croix de Coeur (15 km at 8.8%), which culminates at more than 2,000 meters above sea level. Climbers will be served!

During the 15th stage, there are three passes, while the riders will begin to feel the accumulated fatigue.

Subsequently, 5,000 meters of elevation gain will be on the program of the 16th stage. The Passo di Santa Barbara (around 10%) and the Passo di Bordala, then Matassone and Serrada will be crossed. Monte Bondone (21.4 km at 6.7%) will be the peak of the finish.

The sprinters will then be in the spotlight, then three key stages will be difficult for the peloton to tackle:

First, 161 km between Passo della Crosetta and Forcella Cibiana (9.5 km at 7.9%), Coi (6.3 km at 8.8%) and Val di Zoldo (2.7 km at 6.4%).

Finally place the Dolomites, which will offer a battle between favorites. The latter will have to cross the Passo Campolongo (4 km at 7%), the Passo Valparola (13.3 km at 5.9%), the Passo Giau (9.8 km at 9.3%) and the Passo Tre Crocci (7.9 km at 7.2%) as well as the final climb and the Tre Cime di Lavaredo (7.2 km at 7.6%). With gradients reaching 18%, this is undoubtedly the most important stage of this Giro d'Italia.

The finish is scheduled at Monte Lussari (7.5 km at 12%) with 22% at the entrance of the city that could prove decisive for the final victory.

The twenty-one stages of the Giro d'Italia 2023

  • 1st stage: 6 May, 18.4 kilometres between Fossacesia and Ortona (individual time trial)
  • 2nd stage: 7 May, 204 kilometers between Teramo – San Salvo (plain)
  • 3rd stage: 8 May, 210 kilometres between Vasto – Melfi (hilly)
  • Stage 4: 9 May, 184 kilometres between Venosa and Laceno (medium mountain)
  • Stage 5: 10 May, 172 kilometres Atripalda – Salerno (plain)
  • Stage 6: 11 May, 156 kilometres Naples – Naples (plain)
  • Stage 7: May 12, 218 kilometers Capua – Gran Sasso (mountain)
  • Stage 8: 13 May, 207 kilometres from Terni to Fossombrone (hilly)
  • Stage 9: 14 May, 33.6 kilometres between Savignano sul Rubicone and Cesena (individual time trial)
  • Stage 10: May 16, 190 kilometers between Scandiano and Viareggio (hilly)
  • 11th stage: 17 May, 218 kilometers between Camaiore – Tortone (plain)
  • 12th stage: 18 May, 179 kilometers between Bra – Rivoli (hilly)
  • 13th stage: 19 May, 208 kilometers between Borgofranco d'Ivrea – Crans-Montana (mountain)
  • Stage 14: May 20, 194 kilometers between Sierre – Cassano Magnago (hilly)
  • Stage 15: May 21, 191 kilometers between Seregno and Bergamo (mountain)
  • 16th stage: 23 May, 198 kilometers between Sabbio Chiese and Monte Bondone (mountain)
  • Stage 17: May 24, 192 kilometers between Pergine Valsugana and Caorle (plain)
  • 18th stage: 25 May, 160 kilometres between Oderzo and Val di Zoldo (mid-mountain stage)
  • Stage 19: May 26, 182 kilometers between Longarone – Tre Cime di Lavaredo (mountain)
  • 20th stage: 27 May, 18.6 kilometres between Tarvisio and Monte Santo di Lussari (individual hill time trial)
  • 21st stage: 28 May, 115 kilometers between Rome and Rome (plain).

Favourites

  • Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick Step) are the names that keep coming up when asked who are the favourites for this Giro 2023.
  • They both won the Vuelta (the first three times 2019, 2020 and 2021; the second once, in 2022). Neither of them won this Grand Tour.
  • Damiano Caruso (Bahrain - Victorious), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), João Almeida (UAE Emirates) and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) are the underdogs.
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